Product and Process Development Engineer

Sealed Air designs and delivers packaging solutions that protect essential goods transported worldwide, preserve food, enable e-commerce and digital connectivity, and help create a global supply chain that is touchless, safer, less wasteful, and more resilient. We strive to foster a caring, high-performance growth culture that will deliver consistent, sustainable profitable growth and accelerate our performance – a culture where accountability is clear and aligned, and where we reward business outcomes and impact.

That culture guides everything we do, including how we partner with our customers and suppliers, how we attract and retain top talent, and how we create and deliver value to our stakeholders. In 2025, Sealed Air generated $5.4 billion in sales and has approximately 16,100 employees who serve customers in 119 countries/territories. To learn more, visit

Reporting to the Research and Development (R&D) Director for Industrial Solutions Development, the individual is responsible for driving the R&D mission which includes the development and timely delivery of innovative, sustainable, robust, and cost‑effective product solutions in alignment with the corporate strategy.

• Drive and execute new product development projects for industrial applications via innovative polymer/material formulations and product feature creation to maximize customer and end‑user delight.
• Discover and explore new business, unmet market needs, and technology opportunities in partnership with business teams, technical experts, and leadership.
• Develop and leverage external partnerships (materials suppliers, OEMs, universities) to monitor the state of the art and use these relationships to drive innovation.
• Design and execute formulation and processing trials (lab, pilot, and production scale), align with other functions for testing, communicate with the appropriate operational personnel, and present results to project teams and management.
• Effectively lead cross‑functional teams of technicians and engineers throughout the product development lifecycle; manage trial logistics and budgets.
• Identify and pursue potential IP opportunities.
• Support business, supply chain and quality teams to resolve quality issues, and other business maintenance activities.
• Monitor competitive and regulatory landscape and make proactive recommendations to stay ahead of the curve.
• Identify and pursue potential environmental sustainability opportunities.
• Partner with project management team for monthly reporting, project expense tracking, timeline development and adherence.
• Incorporate principles of Design for Manufacturing into new product development & transition new product and process technology to the supply chain organization in a timely and collaborative fashion.
• Collaborate and communicate effectively in a cross‑functional organization on innovation projects. Use strong presentation skills to present technical information to diverse audiences and connect technical concepts to business outcomes.

• BS, MS, or PhD in Chemical Engineering, Polymer Science & Engineering, or Materials Engineering.
• Industrial and/or research and development experience in polymer processing, development of polymeric materials or polymer and ink chemistry preferred, 3–6 years minimum.

• Solid understanding of structure‑process‑performance relation of polymeric materials and working understanding of polymer processing (extrusion, flexographic printing process and material…).
• Strong presentation skills, including the ability to break down technical concepts for a non‑technical audience.
• Evidence of good judgment and decision‑making skills, including in complex situations where completeness is not available.
• Creative and resourceful, pulls together the necessary tools, equipment and people to get the job done.
• Ability to communicate effectively across all levels of the organization.
• Flexible to travel domestically and internationally, at least 20 %.
• Project management experience and ability to lead cross‑functional teams.
• Track record of product development is a plus.

Salary Range: $81,900–$141,335. The range…